Compsognathus

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Compsognathus
Code Name	Compy
Diet	Carnivore
Height	About 1 foot
Length	16 inches
Weight	X lbs
Birth Type	Egg
Range	Isla Nublar, Isla Sorna
Novel appearances	Jurassic Park (novel), The Lost World (novel)
Film appearances	The Lost World: Jurassic Park (film), Jurassic Park III (film)

Compsognathus, known to many as "Compys", were small, coelurosaurian theropod dinosaurs, that lived in the late Jurassic period in Germany. Two specimens have been discovered. However, in contradiction of common knowledge, Compsognathus had three fingers, not two.

[edit] In Jurassic Park

Compsognathus could be seen throughout The Lost World: Jurassic Park, and was in one scene in Jurassic Park III. Of note is that the character Dr. Robert Burke misidentified it as "Compsognathus triassicus" instead of "Compsognathus longipes", having confused it with the dinosaur Procompsognathus. In The Lost World, compys are shown having a creative attack tactic for their small size; the alpha appears first and confronts the victim, who is surrounded by compys before he/she knows they are coming. In Jurassic Park III they are shown to be insect-eaters as well. Compsognathus was originally going to be in the game Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis but were scrapped due to their tiny size that made the ranger helicopters unable to shoot them.

Jurassic Park III Dinosaurs
Ankylosaurus • Baryonyx • Brachiosaurus • Ceratosaurus • Compsognathus • Corythosaurus • Parasaurolophus • Pteranodon • Spinosaurus • Stegosaurus • Suchomimus • Tyrannosaurus rex • Velociraptor